The Film Daily (1948)

If. £. Product ion X£et. 3S W* 44tfc St. 3X«st floor Sew Tor* H. T. 00 "o?*??5^ r^Move; Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Ol Motion Pictures Now Thirty Years Old Ki 93, NO. 100 NEW YORK, MONDAY. MAY 24, 1948 TEN CENTS HnGLO U.S. TALKS TO COjlTIHUE THIS U'EEK Three Months' ASCAP Deals Only/ Allied Plan Wi ill Continue to Follow Policy Until Courts Deide Pending Litigation c ASCAP contract policy finally 'adopted by units of National Allied falls for the making of deals in the uture running for only three months, iit was learned. When the quarterly termers ex(pire, Allied members will make another three months' contract, continuing such practice until present anti-ASCAP litigation is finally determined. Allied members have been advised (Continued on Page 8) Lawson, Dalton Fined $1,000, Yearin Jail Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Final decision on the Hollywood contempt, cases will be deferred at least until next Winter, with writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo free on continuing bail, but facing sentences of $1,000 fine and one year imprisonment. The two were sentenced Friday by District Court Justices David A. Pine and Edward Curran — both (Continued on Page 12) Court to Mull Kimbark's Request to Bar B & K Duals Chicago — Judge Michael Igoe took under advisement Friday, Kimbark Theater's request for a preliminary injunction restraining B & K's Tivoli, Tower and Maryland theaters from double featuring films. Judge Igoe said he would give full (Continued on Page 12) Curtis Hoppers Bill To Cut Ticket Levy Washington Bur., THE FILM DAILY Washington — Rep. Carl Curtis, (Rep. Neb.) member of the House Ways and Means Committee, last week joined the list of those who have authored bills calling for reduction of the Federal admissions tax to its pre-war level of 10 per cent. Action on the excise taxes is the next logical step in tax adjustment, he said. United Theater Owners of Illinois First To Hear Gael Sullivan in Role of TO A Exee. Gael Sullivan, who assumes his new duties as the TOA's executive director June 1, will make his first official appearance before an exhibitor group at the meeting of the UTO of Illinois at the Kaskaskia Hotel, La Salle, III. on June 3-4. Sullivan will speak before the theater owners of his home state at the invitation of Edward Zorn, president of fhe Illinois association. Herman M. Levy, TOA general counsel, another guest speaker, will discuss the recent U. S. Supreme Court decision in the New York equity suit as well as other matters of general exhibitor interest. Lawrence How JAR0 Executive Yice-Prexy J. B. L. "Jock" Lawrence has been promoted to executive vice-president of the J. Arthur Rank Organization, Inc., it was announced Friday by Robert S. Benjamin, president of the American corporation. Lawrence, a member of the JARO board, has been vice-president in charge of public relations, since its formation in 1945. Directors of the company now include: J. Arthur Rank, chairman; John Davis, vicechairman; Robert S. Benjamin, president; John Woolf, J. B. L. Lawrence, William Heineman and Ralph E. Reynolds, secretary. Lawrence was a colonel in the gen(Continued on Page 12) LAWRENCE All Para. Directors To be Renominated All directors of Paramount will be nominated for reelection at the annual meeting of stockholders, to be held June 15 in the home office, according to the proxy statement mailed to stockholders. Candidates include Barney Balaban, Stephen Callaghan, Y. Frank Freeman, Harvey D. Gibson, Leonard H. Goldenson, A. Conger Goodyear, Stanton Griffis, Duncan G. Harris, John D. Hertz, Austin C. Keough, Earl I. McClintock, Maurice Newton, Charles M. Reagan, E. V. Richards, (Continued on Page 8) AA Sales Policies Subject Of Coast Weekend Meets West Coast Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Hollywood — Sales policies on two forthcoming releases were mulled over the weekend at a meeting of Allied Artists toppers called by Steve Broidy, president. Pictures under discussion were Roy Del Ruth's "The (Continued on Page 12) RKO Net Down to $5 Million '47 Consolidated Income up $3 Million Goldman Again Closes Philadelphia Erlanger Philadelphia — Still building up his pending anti-trust case, William Goldman again closed the Erlanger Theater at. the end of the run of "I Remember Mama." This makes the third time he has opened and closed the house claiming insufficient flow of grade A first-run product. Although ordinary earnings from operation of RKO theater companies were only moderately below the record year 1946, substantial losses in production and distribution reduced net profits for the year ended Dec. 31, 1947, to $5,085,847.58, according to the company's annual report to stockholders. This compares to a consolidated (Continued on Page 12) Agreement With BOT Said Reached on Several Points From Exploratory Meets London (By Cable, — With agreement already reached on several points, John G. McCarthy, associate manager of the MPAA's international dep't., and Fayette W. Allport, MPAA British rep., will resume discussions with Board of Trade toppers here this week on tentative schedules proposed under the AngloAmerican film agreement and interpretations designed to clarify certain of the pact's provisions. McCarthy and Allport were closeted with R. G. Somervell and J. D. White of the Board of Trade for four (Continued on Page 8) Yates Plans Republic Pix Production in U.K. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Herbert J. Yates, president, of Republic Pictures, is planning to produce pictures in England in was disclosed here by Sidney Meyers, assistant managing director of British Lion, which distributes Republic product in the United Kingdom. The British ban on American pic( Continued on Page 3) Wirth Named President Of Warner Service Corp. Ben Wirth, head of Warner's real estate department in Philadelphia, has been elected president of Warner Bros. Service Corp., Warner subsidiary which supervises concessions in the company's theaters. (Continued on Page 12) McDonald to London On Agreement Share First company representative to proceed to London to look into his company's interests in the division of remittable funds under the AngloAmerican film agreement, is W. Stewart McDonald, vice president and assistant treasurer of Warner Theaters. McDonald sailed Saturday aboard the Queen Mary to settle details of Warner's share of the funds.